The case against the use of steroids in the treatment of bacterial keratitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-104

  Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 58449125840     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.503     Document Type: Short Survey

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